Sinuosity evolution along an incising channel: New insights from the Jordan River response to the Dead Sea level fall

Citation:

Dente, E. ; Lensky, N. G. ; Morin, E. ; Dunne, T. ; Enzel, Y. . Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 2018.

Date Published:

2018

תקציר:

channel, increasing sinuosity. Upstream, near the migrating knickzone channel gradients also increase, incision is more moderate and floods continue to overtop the banks, favoring meander chute cutoffs. The resulting channel has a downstream well-confined meandering segment and an upstream low-sinuosity segment. These new insights regarding spatial differences along an incising channel can improve interpretations of the evolution of ancient planforms and floodplains that responded to base-level decline.

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